Red Roof Retreat

Local Service Committee

The mandate of the Local Service Committee is to use our members’ talents and professional skills to carry out service projects within our community. Through funding and direct volunteering, we improve the quality of life for those in our community.  Approximately 50% of all funds raised by the Club are donated to local causes (the balance is donated to International causes)

Our local focus in 2024-25 is Community History and Infrastructure; Community Service; Support for Mental and Physical Health; and Support for Youth.

Below you can find nonprofit organizations we are supporting this year.

NOTL Rotary donates to Big Brothers Big Sisters

Rotary assists at Charity breakfast

Add text herCanada Day celebrations - feeding the masses!

Community History & Infrastructure 
 
 
 

Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum: Containing artefacts from Indigenous settlement to the present day, the Museum is home to over: 8,500 artefacts, 41,000 documents, 4,000 photographs and 900 books.  The Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum contains one of Ontario’s most important local history collections.


The site consists of three independent buildings that are merged together.  The three buildings are: The High School building (1875), Memorial Hall (1907), and the Link Building (1971).


The galleries host a permanent exhibition, titled "Our Story", chronicling the history of our community.  Two temporary exhibitions are also mounted each year.

 

Heritage Trail:  Phase 1 of this project (from John Street to East and West Line) was completed in Fall 2021. Phase 2, from East and West Line to Line 3 Road, was completed in 2024. This next phase involves the rehabilitation of approximately 4.22 kilometres of trail, with a limestone screening trail closely following the existing path. This design concept considers the trees and the current alignment of the existing trail. There are four planned phases to complete the trail rehabilitation from Old Town to York Road. 


A 3-metre wide, fully accessible path is proposed for the full length of the trail.  

Community Service

 

 

Breakfast Program: Volunteers serve free breakfast for the downtown St Catharines community at St. George’s Anglican Church. This program has run every day for the past 25+ years
Our organization provides approximately 90 breakfasts/day to people from all walks of life. About 8 members from Rotary Club of Niagara-on-the-Lake volunteer once a month, starting at 6:30 am. Each breakfast contains 2 sandwiches, oatmeal, juice, and coffee or tea.

 

 

Links for Greener Learning: The Community Garden is an open space and a place where you can grow your own vegetables, fruits and berries.
The Good Food Box is aimed at improving the health of our communities by providing fresh and affordable produce.wiches, oatmeal, juice, and coffee or tea.

Support for Mental & Physical Health

 
Red Roof Retreat: Red Roof Retreat (pictured at the top of the page) provides quality recreational and respite services to children, youth and young adults with special needs and their families.
Red Roof Retreat creates a place where relationships are developed, awareness created, and bonds are nurtured through understanding and respect for each individual’s special needs.
They create opportunities for relationships to develop and for skills to grow.
‘A home away from home’.
Thanks to the Icewine Cocktail Party fundraiser, our Club recently donated a $5,000 gift – more to come!
 

 

Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Palliative Care: Hospice palliative care is an approach that strives to improve the quality of life of individuals, their families, and caregivers facing the problems associated with life-threatening illnesses.
Since 1986 Palliative Care has been providing care, support, education, equipment and companionship, FREE of charge to the residents of NOTL and their families.
The ending of a life deserves the same amount of attention, care, and nurturing that the beginning of life does.

 
 

Westview Centre4Women: 

is a Resource Centre created by women of the Queenston Street neighbourhood for the women of the neighbourhood.  It's a place they can call their own. The Centre fosters a non-judgmental environment that accepts women exactly the way they are. Run largely by women from the community, the Centre demonstrates that every individual has something to offer. Whether it is helping in the kitchen, sorting clothes, being a resource of knowledge or a shoulder to cry on, each woman enriches the community.
Women of all walks of life are welcomed into a safe environment.

Support for Youth


 
 
 
 
Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre: The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre is the art hub that connects our community by providing art for all.
It offers visual arts programs, exhibitions & events. They give back to the community by providing access to the arts for those in need.
With a passion for the arts, the team is committed to ensuring art is accessible for all. A not-for-profit, charitable organization that relies on the generosity of their donors, sponsors, partners and members.